Reducing the Environmental Impact of European Cooperation
The urgent need to minimize environmental footprints has become a top priority within the international cooperation and education sectors. Every European project generates an ecological impact—linked to travel, large-scale events, and physical materials—that must be monitored and mitigated to align with the European Green Deal. Green Advisor is a pioneering initiative designed to make European organizations more environmentally conscious and accountable by introducing a critical new role: the sustainability expert for EU-funded projects. Our mission is to empower coordinators to integrate “green” practices not just as a theoretical concept, but as a standard operational procedure throughout every stage of their work. The core challenge we address is that many organizations lack the technical expertise to measure their environmental impact and often perceive the ecological transition as a bureaucratic or economic hurdle that is difficult to implement.
Project Results & Practical Solutions
While sustainability is frequently mentioned in educational project proposals, it is rarely applied with strict methodological rigor. We aim to bridge the gap between high-level EU environmental policies and the practical, day-to-day management of projects. The Green Advisor project provides concrete, certified tools to transform every mobility and cooperation initiative into a genuine model of environmental sustainability.
Key Objectives of Green Advisor:
Capacity Building for Project Managers: Creating a comprehensive training program and a suite of practical resources to enable project managers to design low-impact activities and effectively offset residual emissions.
The Green Advisor Professional Profile: Defining the specific competencies and role of the “Green Advisor” as a sustainability facilitator for educational organizations.
Custom Carbon Footprint Tool: Developing a specialized calculator designed specifically to monitor, report, and reduce the carbon impact of Erasmus+ projects.
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